List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
This is a list of mountains and hills in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, the British Overseas Territory, listed by height.
List of mountains and hills[]
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Saint_Helena_Island.jpg/220px-Saint_Helena_Island.jpg)
Saint Helena island seen from above
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/St-Helena-The_Barn.jpg/220px-St-Helena-The_Barn.jpg)
The Barn on Saint Helena
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Ascension_Island_Lava_fields.jpg/220px-Ascension_Island_Lava_fields.jpg)
The lava field terrain on Ascension Island
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Edinburgh-Tristan.jpg/220px-Edinburgh-Tristan.jpg)
The terrain at Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha
Over 1000m[]
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Queen Mary's Peak | 2,062 metres (6,765 ft) | Tristan da Cunha | an Ultra prominent peak tallest in whole overseas territory and on the island |
Mount Olav | 1,969 metres (6,460 ft) | Tristan da Cunha |
750m to 1000m[]
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Edinburgh Peak | 910 metres (2,990 ft) | Gough Island (Tristan da Cunha) |
tallest on the island |
Expedition Peak | 909 metres (2,982 ft) | Gough Island | |
Green Mountain "The Peak" |
859 metres (2,818 ft) | Ascension Island | tallest on the island |
Centre Rowett | 836 metres (2,743 ft) | Gough Island | highest of the Mount Rowett peaks |
Diana's Peak | 818 metres (2,684 ft) | Saint Helena | tallest on the island |
Nigel's Cap | 811 metres (2,661 ft) | Gough Island | |
North Rowett | 808 metres (2,651 ft) | Gough Island | one of the Mount Rowett peaks |
West Rowett | 805 metres (2,641 ft) | Gough Island | one of the Mount Rowett peaks |
High Peak | 798 metres (2,618 ft) | Saint Helena | |
False Peak | 757 metres (2,484 ft) | Gough Island |
500m to 750m[]
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Sandy Bay Ridge | 747 metres (2,451 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Sea-hen Crag | 710 metres (2,330 ft) | Gough Island | |
High Hill | 707 metres (2,320 ft) | Saint Helena | |
White Point | 694 metres (2,277 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Hag's Tooth | 692 metres (2,270 ft) | Gough Island | |
Hooper's Ridge | 691 metres (2,267 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Flagstaff Hill | 688 metres (2,257 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Halley's Mount | 680 metres (2,230 ft) | Saint Helena | named for Edmond Halley |
Tavistock Crag | 640 metres (2,100 ft) | Gough Island | |
The Saddle | 639 metres (2,096 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Triple Peak | 634 metres (2,080 ft) | Gough Island | |
The Haystack | 616 metres (2,021 ft) | Saint Helena | highest point of The Barn |
Weather Post | 608 metres (1,995 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Long Range | 588 metres (1,929 ft) | Saint Helena | |
587 metres (1,926 ft) | Gough Island | ||
High Knoll | 584 metres (1,916 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Joan Hill | 579 metres (1,900 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Blue Point | 573 metres (1,880 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Green Hill | 570 metres (1,870 ft) | Gough Island | |
Stone Top Ridge | 566 metres (1,857 ft) | Saint Helena | height given near "The Bellstone" |
Swale's Fell | 561 metres (1,841 ft) | Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha) |
tallest on the island; on Gony Ridge |
Red Hill | 546 metres (1,791 ft) | Ascension Island | ("The Ring") |
White Hill | 543 metres (1,781 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Devil's Ashpit | 536 metres (1,759 ft) | Ascension Island | location of NASA Challenger Centre |
Piccolo Hill | 529 metres (1,736 ft) | Saint Helena | |
White Hill | 525 metres (1,722 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Boulder Hill | 510 metres (1,670 ft) | Inaccessible Island | on Gony Ridge |
250m to 500m[]
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Great Stone Top | 494 metres (1,621 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Lot's Wife | 462 metres (1,516 ft) | Saint Helena | (also a rock off the north coast of Gough Island) |
Lot | 454 metres (1,490 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Cairn Peak | 323 metres (1,060 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Sisters Peak | 445 metres (1,460 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Boxwood Hill | 434 metres (1,424 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Sandy Bay Barn | 431 metres (1,414 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Rupert's Hill | 405 metres (1,329 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Horse Point | 403 metres (1,322 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Round Hill | 388 metres (1,273 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Denstone Hill | 384 metres (1,260 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Spoon Crater | 364 metres (1,194 ft) | Ascension Island | |
357 metres (1,171 ft) | Ascension Island | also name of nearby RAF base | |
The Fid | 355 metres (1,165 ft) | Gough Island | |
South East Crater | 349 metres (1,145 ft) | Ascension Island | |
337 metres (1,106 ft) | Nightingale Island (Tristan da Cunha) |
tallest on the island | |
Joe's Hill | 330 metres (1,080 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Lady Hill | 329 metres (1,079 ft) | Ascension Island | |
South Hill | 323 metres (1,060 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Sugar Loaf Hill | 272 metres (892 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Ladder Hill | 268 metres (879 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Cross Hill | 263 metres (863 ft) | Ascension Island |
50m to 250m[]
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Bears Back | 240 metres (790 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Dark Slope Crater | 234 metres (768 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Broken Tooth | 228 metres (748 ft) | Ascension Island | ("East Crater") |
South Gannet Hill | 228 metres (748 ft) | Ascension Island | |
Goat Pound Ridge | 227 metres (745 ft) | Saint Helena | |
Richmond Hill | 210 metres (690 ft) | Gough Island | SE of the island, near the Meteorological Station |
Pig Beach Hill | 207 metres (679 ft) | Inaccessible Island | |
Egg Island | 79 metres (259 ft) | Saint Helena |
Other hills and hill features[]
NB: Many of these hills and features are over 200m.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lot_and_Lot%27s_Wife_in_background.jpg/220px-Lot_and_Lot%27s_Wife_in_background.jpg)
Lot and Lot's Wife (in background)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ascension_ISS006.jpg/220px-Ascension_ISS006.jpg)
Ascension Island (note the volcanic craters)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Tristan_da_Cunha_ASTER.jpg/220px-Tristan_da_Cunha_ASTER.jpg)
Tristan da Cunha island
Mountain or hill | Height | Island | Notes |
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Cat Hill | Ascension Island | location of the main US base | |
Letter Box | Ascension Island | ||
Devil's Riding School | Ascension Island | a crater | |
Devil's Cauldron | Ascension Island | a crater, near Weather Post | |
Round Hill | Ascension Island | ||
Booby Hill | Ascension Island | ||
Holland's Crater | Ascension Island | ||
Dune Hills | Inaccessible Island | ||
Long Ridge | Inaccessible Island | ||
Little Stone Top | Saint Helena | ||
Mount Vesey | Saint Helena | ||
Drummond's Point | Saint Helena | ||
Munden's Mount | Saint Helena | ||
Green Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Cuckold's Point | Saint Helena | near Diana's Peak | |
Mount Actaeon | Saint Helena | near Diana's Peak | |
Mount Ross | Saint Helena | ||
Bunker's Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Silver Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Blue Hill | Saint Helena | ||
The Saddle | Saint Helena | ||
Beach Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Horse Point | Saint Helena | ||
Turk's Cap | Saint Helena | ||
Thompson's Hill | Saint Helena | ||
King & Queen Rocks | Saint Helena | ||
Horse Ridge | Saint Helena | ||
Dry Gut Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Botley's Point | Saint Helena | ||
Rock Mount | Saint Helena | ||
Sheep Knoll | Saint Helena | ||
Powell's Valley Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Brown's Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Bonfire Ridge | Saint Helena | ||
Woodland's Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Isaac's Hill | Saint Helena | ||
Round Hill | Tristan da Cunha | ||
Cave Gulch Hill | Tristan da Cunha | ||
Red Hill | Tristan da Cunha |
Maps[]
Topographic map of Saint Helena
Topographic map of Ascension Island
The Tristan da Cunha archipelago
Relief map of Gough Island
Satellite map of Gough Island
See also[]
External links[]
- Google Terrain map of St Helena
Sources[]
- Gizimap.hu: St Helena & Dependencies (2011)[permanent dead link]
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